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Theben

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1872 Theben Dampschiffahrt
1873 Dagmar Det Forendede Dampskibs Selskab
1916 Runhild Karl Ancher
1916 Runhild Nils Osterman

Fate

On a voyage from Stockholm to Rauma with general cargo, the Swedish steamship Runhild was stopped by the German submarine U-22 (Karl Scherb), in the Gulf of Bothnia. A prize crew was put aboard and the ship ordered to Libau. The following day, November 3rd, 1916, she struck a mine and sank in the Aland Sea. No lives were lost.

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